Technical note: Standardized and semiautomated Harris lines detection

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 362-366

  Suter, S ^a,b   Harders, M ^b   Papageorgopoulou, C ^a   Kuhn, G ^a   Szekely G ^b   Ruhli F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Bone growth; Feature detection; Paleopathology; Radiograph

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PALEOPATHOLOGY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOFTWARE; TIBIA;

EID: 55849128486     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20901     Document Type: Article

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